Tag Archives: World Cinema

Review in Brief: Decision to Leave (2022)

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Park Chan-wook’s latest is less extreme than the films he’s most famed for (that’s the Vengeance Trilogy, particularly OLDBOY for most audiences) but is just as dazzlingly stylish and intriguing to unpack, a good deal sexier (OK, not sexier than … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged decision to leave, Oldboy, Park Chan-wook, Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Thriller, World Cinema | Leave a comment

Every Non-English Language Best Picture Nominee Ranked

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/every-non-english-language-best-picture-nominee-ranked/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine | Tagged All Quiet on the Western Front, amour, Best International Feature Film, Best Picture, Cries and Whispers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, drive my car, feature, Il Postino, La Grande Illusion, Letters from Iwo Jima, Life is Beautiful, Minari, Oscars, Parasite, ranked, Roma, sam sewell-peterson, The Emigrants, World Cinema, z | Leave a comment

The Quiet Girl (2022) Review

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/the-quiet-girl-review/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Carrie Crowley, Catherine Clinch, Colm Bairéad, Drama, The Quiet Girl, World Cinema | Leave a comment

The Orphanage (2007) Review

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/the-orphanage-2007-review/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Horror, JA Bayona, The Orphanage, World Cinema | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: RRR (2022)

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

SS Rajamouli’s RRR will get a reaction from you, that’s for sure. Never mind the latest from Marvel, DC or Tom Cruise, this is the big film with the most awesome imagery of 2022 and it’s not even close. Said … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Action, Blockbuster, Bollywood, NT Rama Rao Jr, Ram Charam, RRR, SS Rajamouli, World Cinema | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: The Sadness (2021)

Posted on May 19, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Remember the first time you saw THE RAID? Remember that feeling of being completely floored by the sheer artistry of its ultraviolence? Well, Taiwanese horror THE SADNESS conjures up that same feeling, but with even more extreme imagery and through … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Berant Zhu, Horror, Regina Lei, Rob Jabbaz, The Sadness, World Cinema | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: Flee (2021)

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

FLEE, an animated memoir/documentary telling of Afghan migrant Amin’s remarkable journey, is some powerful stuff. I’ve heard some people find the animation somehow alienating, that it lessons Amin’s story but I just don’t agree. The style of the animation, almost … Continue reading →